tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post6299222024763054418..comments2023-09-28T04:31:56.852-06:00Comments on TravelinOma: Life Can Be EasierTravelin'Omahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18415472674768977723noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post-69872831233539516312007-07-18T18:10:00.000-06:002007-07-18T18:10:00.000-06:00Great post. After surviving three children, or the...Great post. <BR/><BR/>After surviving three children, or they survived me--never sure which--I've discovered the truth of your statements. Common sense organization is always the best way to go. <BR/><BR/>I finally broke down and bought the cheap variety of reading glasses for every room I read in, then found a spot to drop them in that room. Now, when I'm ready to read, there is no more endless search to find glasses.<BR/><BR/>Loved the laundry hamper revelation. I, too, discovered put the hamper where the clothes are and the clothes will be where expected.K.M. Saint Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10497196465431986957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post-39981830839179020782007-07-18T06:09:00.000-06:002007-07-18T06:09:00.000-06:00I guess you and I have common-sensical LEFT-HANDED...I guess you and I have common-sensical LEFT-HANDED brains that think quite a bit alike, Marty. Yes, I'm 100% 'lefty' except for being FORCED to learn 10-key on a right-handed keyboard at a job in the '80s. As to the dining room table, I have a basket on top of ours that's the catch-all...the mess is there, but somewhat concealed. I dunno...since our kids have grown up, I've relaxed sooooooooooooo much. We got rid of our larger table a few years back and replaced it with a much smaller one because no one ever eats in our dining room, and our 1912 Craftsman bungalow is small enough as it is. It's a lightweight table I can move out of the way by myself so I can push it off to the side and my grandson has plenty of room to haul out his ride-on car and Fisher Price garage, etc. Oh and I heartily agree about the little "eavesdroppers"...that's how I learned a LOT as a kid. Back in those days, women had time for coffee breaks during the day and my Mom always had a bunch of women gathered around our big kitchen table. Oh, the wonderful juicy tidbits I'd hear, quietly scrunched in under their feet! I think it was because of that I had a very practical sense of what real marriage was like by the time I was old enough to marry. Sure weren't very many "Knights in Armor" stories these ladies shared, hahaha! ;-PMissKrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12726021829363492972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post-52839063007426641502007-07-17T20:47:00.000-06:002007-07-17T20:47:00.000-06:00Oh my Gtod, Marty!!!! GREAT stuff!!! You are so s...Oh my Gtod, Marty!!!! GREAT stuff!!! You are so seriously organized! Wanna come over nd redo my place? lolKay Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646717192332313215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post-12988821032690357052007-07-17T18:04:00.000-06:002007-07-17T18:04:00.000-06:00I absolutely cannot believe how organized you are ...I absolutely cannot believe how organized you are and I am very very jealous. Even if I did most of what you suggest, everything would be in a disarray in a short time and I would have no one to blame. The kid is married!!!!the moose buyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08239785732953146415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post-43544812533952604592007-07-17T14:55:00.000-06:002007-07-17T14:55:00.000-06:00Very good tips. I like the idea that if things pil...Very good tips. I like the idea that if things pile up somewhere, maybe that's where they ought to be. Never thought of it that way.Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07309266986583326824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post-64943791798001939342007-07-17T13:36:00.000-06:002007-07-17T13:36:00.000-06:00I am a visual organizer. I like to see what I hav...I am a visual organizer. I like to see what I have so that I don't forget that I have it. Therefore, I prefer having stacks rather than file things away. I like to have a full bulletin board, rather than an index box. A trick I learned on "Neat", a Discovery Home show, is to find a place for my stacks. I have magazine organizers for some of my stacks, and then I use horizontal paper holders and clear plastic drawers for other stacks. If I am forced to use an opaque bin I quickly label the outside so that I am comfortable knowing what's on the inside.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17330381126499289136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post-55675281700319440002007-07-17T12:38:00.000-06:002007-07-17T12:38:00.000-06:00Yet again, Oma, you've left us pearls of wisdom. ...Yet again, Oma, you've left us pearls of wisdom. LOVE this list. Totally need it right now as I'm finding places to put things.Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769700320834756050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post-66190673785292599792007-07-17T10:18:00.000-06:002007-07-17T10:18:00.000-06:00#18 took me right back to listening to my mom and ...#18 took me right back to listening to my mom and all my aunts talk around the cabin table. I was the oldest grandchild so I loved absorbing all their information, sitting just far enough away to be forgotten. Juicy stuff! <BR/><BR/>These are great hints. You're right...so much of the time all it takes is reframing your view.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08941198405523733540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post-16474360651506531612007-07-17T09:03:00.000-06:002007-07-17T09:03:00.000-06:00Very ood advice! I am, by nature, a very organized...Very ood advice! I am, by nature, a very organized person. I do many of the things you wrote about, and I can't think of any to add at the moment.kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post-58713295037855323862007-07-17T08:56:00.000-06:002007-07-17T08:56:00.000-06:00Great post. I agree, adapting to the flow is much ...Great post. I agree, adapting to the flow is much more sensible than constantly trying to swim upstream!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08854080140004540619noreply@blogger.com